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AUGUSTA – The Legislature's passage Wednesday of a $6.3 billion budget for the two years starting July 1 ended the politics of the budget.
Representatives Kenneth Fredette, right, R-Newport, Alexander Willette, R-Mapleton, and Tyler Clark, R-Easton, watch the vote in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, June 26 to override Gov. Paul LePage's veto of the state budget. Fredette and Clark voted to overturn the veto, while Willette voted to uphold the veto.
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Gov. Paul LePage speaks to reporters shortly after the Maine House and Senate both voted to override his veto of the state budget, Wednesday, June 26, 2013, at the State House in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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Up next: the impact.
The budget includes a temporary increase in the sales tax and the meals-and-lodging tax, so it will affect residents and nonresidents. It may also lead to higher property taxes in communities around the state.
In exchange, many Mainers will see reduced income taxes. About 70,000 will have no income tax liability at all.
The reduction stems from Republicans' resistance to rolling back significant income tax cuts that were passed in 2011 -- and paid for in the budget that passed Wednesday.
Democrats and Republicans offset the tax cuts with other initiatives. One increases the sales tax from 5 percent to 5.5 percent for two years. The increase is projected to produce $146 million in state revenue.
It also means it will cost more to buy goods. And some sales-tax exemptions will disappear.
Newspapers and other periodicals will lose a sales-tax exemption, worth $5.9 million over the biennium.
The budget calls for a commission to study the state's sales-tax exemptions and find $40 million in savings.
Dining out or staying in a hotel or lodge in Maine will cost more. The budget includes an increase in the meals-and-lodging tax for the next two years, from 7 percent to 8 percent.
While the 2011 income tax cuts will remain, wealthy Mainers will encounter limits on deductions. The budget limits deductions, to generate $65 million in state revenue.
The budget reduces revenue sharing to Maine cities and towns by $75 million. Gov. Paul LePage proposed cutting $200 million but the Legislature restored $125 million of that. The reduction still will force property-tax increases or service reductions in many Maine communities.
Lawmakers tried to blunt the impact in several ways.
They restored $9.1 million that LePage proposed cutting from Maine's homestead property-tax exemption program.
The budget also includes a $29 million property-tax fairness credit that replaces Maine's current circuit-breaker program, another property-tax relief measure.
School districts can expect additional funding over the next two years. The result is that the state will fund 47 percent of the total cost of education, closer to the voter-approved mandate of 55 percent.
The budget also requires that the state's share of revenue from the Oxford Casino go to schools. The governor proposed using the estimated $14.1 million in casino money for other purposes.
The governor has said the budget cut education funding by $18.4 million. But the reduction was in programs that LePage favored.
The budget redirects the $18.4 million from LePage-backed reforms to the Essential Program and Services formula, which funds schools.
The budget includes LePage's plan to shift $29 million in teachers' retirement costs from the state to school districts. The shift goes into effect July 1.
The budget also increases funding for about 3,100 severely disabled Mainers who are on a waiting list for additional Maine-Care services.
LePage proposed eliminating funding for the state's Drugs for the Elderly program, but the budget restored the $14 million.
Other human services programs are funded, including the Medicare Savings Program, Head Start, and general assistance to municipalities for low-income Mainers.
State employees will be eligible for merit and longevity pay increases, after a five-year freeze, thanks to $7.6 million in the budget.
And the state employees' health insurance program will receive a $7.7 million boost.
The budget also includes $2.4 million for legislative candidates who use the public campaign funding program.
This story was corrected to show that the $29 million in teachers' retirement costs shift from the state to local school districts beginning July 1.
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Gov. Paul LePage speaks to reporters shortly after the Maine House and Senate both voted to override his veto of the state budget Wednesday at the State House in Augusta.
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Maine lawmakers vote on whether to override Gov. Paul LePage's veto of the state budget on Wednesday.
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Rep. Corey Wilson, R-Augusta, announces he will vote to override on the floor of House.
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House Democratic Whip Jeff McCabe, D-Skowhegan, counts votes in the well of the House of Representatives with Majority Office staffer Kate Simmons before a vote Wednesday to override Gov. Paul LePage's veto of the state budget.
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Sen. Pat Flood R-Winthrop discusses the budget with fellow Republican senators Wednesday before a vote to override Gov. Paul LePage's veto of the state budget.
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Redirected from Godzilla (1954)
Godzilla (ゴジラ?, Gojira) is a giant mutant Godzillasaurus kaiju created by Toho that first appeared in the 1954 Godzilla film, Gojira.
The name "Godzilla" is a transliteration of Gojira (ゴジラ?), a combination of two Japanese words: gorira (ゴリラ?), meaning gorilla, and kujira (鯨? or クジラ?), meaning whale. At one planning stage, the concept of "Gojira" was described as "a cross between a gorilla and a whale". The two words "whale" and "gorilla" fit Godzilla. Whale represents the aquatic and bulk of his life. The Gorilla represents the sheer strength and strategic thinking he does when fighting against other monsters. A popular story is that "Gojira" was actually the nickname of a hulking stagehand at Toho Studio.[2] The story has not been verified, however, because in the more than 50 years since the film's original release, no one claiming to be the employee has ever stepped forward, and no photographs of him have ever surfaced.
Since Godzilla is neither a gorilla nor a whale, the name had to be devised in a different way for the film's story. Godzilla's name was originally spelled in kanji (呉爾羅?) by the Odo Island people. However, Toho chose these characters for sound only, as the combined characters mean "give you net". This has been referenced countless times in Japanese books on Godzilla.
Contrary to popular belief, the name "Godzilla" is not the idea of the American distributor. Before Toho sold the film to US distributors, Toho's international division had originally marketed an English-subtitled print under the title of Godzilla, King of the Monsters, which was shown briefly in Japanese-American theaters. Toho came up with "Godzilla" as an English transliteration of the name "Gojira". The Japanese-to-English translation method of the Americans in the 1950's also proved that Godzilla was the correct English translation of Gojira.
Godzilla's appearance has changed between films over the years, but many defining details have endured. In the Japanese films, Godzilla is depicted as a gigantic dinosaur with rough, bumpy, usually charcoal gray scales, a long powerful tail, and generally bone-white scutes[3], generally shaped like maple leaves, though there are some designs whose traits may differ. His origins vary somewhat from film to film, but he is almost always described as a prehistoric creature, and his first attacks on Japan are linked to the beginning of the Atomic Age. In particular, mutation due to atomic radiation is presented as an explanation for his great size and strange powers. Godzilla's iconic design is composed of a mixture of various species of dinosaurs; specifically, he has the body and overall shape of an old model of a Tyrannosaurus rex, the long arms of an Iguanodon, and the dorsal plates of a Stegosaurus.
Godzilla, in the original film, the Heisei era, some of the Millennium era, and Godzilla 2014, is an animal with semi-sapience that stumbles upon human civilization without any malicious intent, only destroying man-made structures or obstacles like buildings when the humans provoke him, or, when dead-set on arriving at a certain location. In Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, Godzilla is a malicious entity created from the restless souls of the dead from World War II. As the Godzilla series continued into the 60's and 70's, the terrifying monster developed as a character, and has since become a savior of the Earth, saving the world from other monsters like King Ghidorah, the Showa MechaGodzilla, Biollante, and Monster X, alone or alongside other monsters like Rodan, Anguirus, and Mothra.
According to Mothra's Shobijin's translation of Mothra, Rodan and Godzilla's conversation in Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, Godzilla only "hates humans because they hate him."
OriginsBefore being mutated by the nuclear fallout of atomic bomb tests performed on an island called Rongerik, which is close to Lagos Island, the island where Godzilla lived, Godzilla was a Godzillasaurus that had somehow survived the extinction of the dinosaurs in the late Cretaceous era. In Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, the Futurians take the Godzillasaurus away from Lagos Island and place him frozen in the Bering Sea, where he's mutated into Godzilla once again by a nuclear submarine crash.
The back side of the box of Jakks Pacific's Giant Godzilla figure states Godzilla was an amphibious reptile evolved while Earth had ten times more radiation. It is unknown if Godzilla was mutated further than that in the film.
Showa Series
GojiraThe original Godzilla in Gojira was a prehistoric monster that weighed 20,000 metric tons, was 50 meters tall, and terrorized the ships of Japan. It was disturbed by an American Hydrogen bomb testing in the Pacific Ocean. After being awakened, Godzilla attacked Tokyo, destroyed much of the city, and killed tens of thousands. In hopes of stopping Godzilla, a scientist by the name of Dr. Daisuke Serizawa activated an experimental weapon he had developed, named the Oxygen Destroyer. Although Dr. Serizawa committed suicide in the process (out of shame and guilt), the weapon was successful, completely disintegrating Godzilla. It was stated at the end of the film that it was doubtful that there was only one creature, alluding not only to the many incarnations of Godzilla that would later appear, but also to all the other monsters that would be featured in movies produced by Toho.
Godzilla Raids AgainAs alluded to at the end of the original movie, Godzilla again surfaced at first as a menace in Godzilla Raids Again. Raids Again was the first film where Godzilla fought another monster; Anguirus. Godzilla and Anguirus were first spotted fighting by two pilots and ended up falling down a cliff, their fight to be resumed later. Godzilla and Anguirus meet again in Osaka, and Godzilla ends up killing Anguirus. Setting the tone for future Showa series films, Godzilla's fate is uncertain at the end when he is buried under tons of ice.
King Kong vs. GodzillaHis next film was 1962's King Kong vs. Godzilla. Godzilla emerges from an iceberg at sea and heads for a Japanese base in the Arctic. After an unsuccessful defense attempt, Godzilla is all over the news, and Mr. Tako, head of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, is angry at it, as he wants King Kong to bring attention to the company, and so he sends two men to get King Kong over there. They manage to capture King Kong, but he escapes and goes towards Godzilla. The two monsters meet in a valley and fight. Godzilla wins and King Kong retreats. The J.S.D.F. try to stop Godzilla and Kong multiple times, but fail. Eventually, they set up one million-volt power lines around a city and manage to fend off Godzilla, but King Kong seems to not be affected. After King Kong goes inside and is put asleep, he is airlifted with balloons to fight Godzilla once again.
The next morning, Kong meets up with Godzilla and the two begin to fight. Godzilla eventually knocks Kong unconscious but then a thunderstorm arrives and revives King Kong, giving him the power of an electric grasp. The two begin to fight, Kong shoving a tree in Godzilla's mouth, Godzilla lighting it on fire, burning Kong's hand. The two monsters fight some more, tearing down Atami Castle in the process, and eventually plunge into the sea. After an underwater battle, only King Kong resurfaces and begins to slowly swim back home to Faro Island. As Kong swims home onlookers aren't sure if Godzilla survived the underwater fight, but speculate that it was possible.
Mothra vs. GodzillaGodzilla was an antagonist for the final time in Mothra vs. Godzilla. Godzilla rose up from a beach and quickly started terrorizing the surrounding civilization. Eventually, Mothra and Godzilla meet up and battle near Mothra's egg. Mothra dies, and Godzilla leaves. The military try to stop Godzilla but fail. The egg hatches two Mothra Larvae, who follow Godzilla to Iwa Island. The Larvae use their web attacks to trap Godzilla in a cocoon, and Godzilla plunges into the ocean, defeated.
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed MonsterStarting with Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, Godzilla took on the protagonist persona he would wear for the remainder of the series. Godzilla and Rodan wake up from hibernation and start attacking Japan, as well as each other. One of the two Mothra Larvae comes and convinces them to not fight and help fight King Ghidorah, with the Shobijin translating the conversation for the humans. Godzilla apparently uses terrible language, but ends up agreeing. He, Rodan, and Mothra go after King Ghidorah and eventually drive him off. Afterwards, Godzilla and Rodan stand by as they watch Mothra swim back to Infant Island.
Invasion of Astro-MonsterIn Godzilla's next film, Invasion of Astro-Monster, astronauts find the Xiliens and their planet, Planet X, behind Jupiter. The Xiliens ask if they can borrow Godzilla and Rodan to combat Monster Zero, to which the people of Earth agree. Godzilla and Rodan, dubbed "Monster Zero-One" and "Monster Zero-Two", respectively, are brought up from the bottom of the sea while they were sleeping to Planet X. There, Godzilla and Rodan fight King Ghidorah and defeat him, to which Godzilla does an infamous victory dance in an act of celebration. The Xiliens assure the astronauts that King Ghidorah is gone, trades the monsters for the promise of a drug that cures all diseases, and the astronauts return to Earth.
Afterwards, the Xilien Controller reveals that they have control of the three monsters and that Earth must surrender, or else. Eventually, the Xiliens send the monsters down and they rampage, but the humans manage to break them free of their mind control. Godzilla and Rodan team up against King Ghidorah and force him to retreat.
Ebirah, Horror of the DeepGodzilla starts off in Ebirah, Horror of the Deep by getting revived by lightning after being found in a cavern. Godzilla finds and fights Ebirah, but Ebirah retreats. Godzilla then fights the Giant Condor and kills it after a skirmish. Godzilla destroys the Red Bamboo Organization's base and encounters Ebirah. He fights him once again and defeats it by ripping both of its pincers off. Godzilla then finds Mothra, who was summoned onto the island. Mothra manages to push Godzilla away and carry the people who called her off the island. Godzilla dives into the sea and escapes the island just before it explodes.
Son of GodzillaIn Son of Godzilla, Godzilla gained a son, Minilla. Minilla hatched out of an egg, whose origins were unknown, prematurely, as the egg was broken by three Kamacuras. Godzilla arrives and beats up the Kamacuras, taking his son with him. At first, Minilla has difficulty producing anything more than smoke rings, but Godzilla discovers that stressful conditions, such as stomping on Minilla's tail, produce a true atomic blast. Some time soon, Godzilla comes to the aid of Minilla, whom had accidentally awoken Kumonga. Together, the two are able to defeat Kumonga, with Minilla finally learning to control his radioactive blast. The weather control machine on the island freezes over the island, and Godzilla protects his son from the harsh cold, and the two eventually fall unconscious. The scientists know that once the snow melts, Godzilla and his son will live peacefully on the island.
Destroy All MonstersGodzilla and all of Earth's monsters are living peacefully in Monsterland during the events of Destroy All Monsters. However, the Kilaaks come and take control of all the monsters and set them loose around the world. Godzilla attacks New York. After a series of events, the Earth monsters loose their mind control and the Kilaaks unleash King Ghidorah, their ultimate weapon. Godzilla, along with Minilla, Mothra, Rodan, Gorosaurus, Anguirus, Kumonga, Manda, Baragon, and Varan], fight and utterly destroy King Ghidorah. With their ultimate weapon dead, the Kilaaks attempt an escape, but their flaming U.F.O. is destroyed. The monsters then live peacefully on Monsterland forever after.
Destroy All Monsters took place in the year 1999, twenty-four years after the events of Terror of MechaGodzilla. The series could also be said to truly end with Destroy All Monsters's ending, which depicted all of Earth's monsters living out the rest of their days in peace on Monsterland. This "jump" of dates also explains how King Ghidorah appeared in Godzilla vs. Gigan, as he was killed in Destroy All Monsters.
All Monsters AttackIn All Monsters Attack, Godzilla only appears through the daydreams of Ichiro, meaning the events of this film never happen in the Universe's reality. Godzilla's appearance mostly consists of stock footage from previous films, and he eventually has Minilla try and fight his own battles against Gabara. After Gabara is seemingly defeated, he and Minilla assume the dream monster is defeated. However, Gabara bites and shocks Godzilla, but Godzilla and Minilla beat up Gabara, forcing him to retreat.
Godzilla vs. HedorahIn Godzilla vs. Hedorah, classic music plays momentarily on a picture of a sunrise or sunset as Godzilla slowly comes on-screen and roars. Ken Yano has a short monologue about nuclear fallout and waste being put into the sea as Godzilla sets fire to sludge on the water. Hedorah then appears in land form, and begins to feed on pollution from a factory. Godzilla appears and attacks Hedorah, only to find out that the monster is immune to his atomic breath. Hedorah then retreats back to the ocean with Godzilla on his tail. Ken is at an amusement park and rides on the roller coaster when he spots Godzilla, looking like a silhouette in the background.
Eventually, Hedorah appears at Mount Fuji, and Godzilla flies over there and fights it. Godzilla is burned by Hedorah's sludge and his hand almost melts off, but he manages to disable one of Hedorah's eyes and then, while it is on the ground, removes two white objects from its body and he destroys them. The weakened Hedorah tries to fly away, but Godzilla flies after him. Hedorah returns to land form, and is dragged back to an electric weapon by Godzilla. Godzilla activates the weapon and kills Hedorah. Godzilla then heads back to the sea.
Godzilla vs. GiganGodzilla is living on Monster Island along with Anguirus and a few other monsters that appear through stock footage in Godzilla vs. Gigan. Godzilla and Anguirus speak in human voices, speaking in speech bubbles in the Japanese version, and Godzilla tells Anguirus to check on something funny that is going on elsewhere. After Anguirus gets driven off by the military and returns to Monster Island, both he and Godzilla go to the city to fight Gigan and King Ghidorah. Gigan makes Godzilla and Anguirus bleed red blood. The M Space Hunter Nebula Aliens rig the Godzilla Tower to shoot a beam at Godzilla, but the tower is destroyed by the humans. Godzilla and Anguirus eventually drive off Gigan and King Ghidorah, saving the world.
Godzilla vs. MegalonIn Godzilla vs. Megalon, Godzilla teams up with Jet Jaguar to fight Megalon. Jet Jaguar is sent by Goro Ibuki to Monster Island to get Godzilla. Once they arrive to the small field, the Seatopians call the M Space Hunter Nebula Aliens to bring them Gigan and help Megalon. Gigan arrives and Jet Jaguar and Godzilla fight against Megalon and Gigan in an extended fight scene. After Gigan is driven off, Godzilla performs a drop kick on Megalon two times, defeating Megalon. Godzilla returns to Monster Island afterwards.
Zone FighterThe Toho tokusatsu series Zone Fighter is notable in that it features Toho monsters from the films, such as Gigan, King Ghidorah and Godzilla. Produced in 1973, Toho has gone on record stating that the events depicted in the Zone Fighter television series are part of the Showa era, taking place between Godzilla vs. Megalon and Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla.
Godzilla vs. MechaGodzillaIn Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla, it looks like "Godzilla" went back to his destructive way when he arose from a volcano, wreaking havoc and breaking Anguirus' jaw. However, it turns out that the rampaging Godzilla is a fake Godzilla when the real Godzilla appears and breaks off a piece of the impostor's 'skin', which revealed the space titanium underneath. MechaGodzilla sheds his costume and throws a barrage of attacks at Godzilla, forcing him to retreat. Godzilla goes back to Monster Island and gets struck by lightning during a thunderstorm. He comes back to rematch MechaGodzilla soon afterwards, this time with King Caesar as his ally. After a tense battle, Godzilla removes MechaGodzilla's head and destroys it, returning to the sea soon after.
Terror of MechaGodzillaGodzilla appears late into Terror of MechaGodzilla, arriving to Tokyo to fight both Titanosaurus and the rebuilt MechaGodzilla on his own. Titanosaurus' tail gusts are hard for Godzilla to overcome, but Titanosaurus gets distracted by the Supersonic Wave Oscillator. Godzilla fights MechaGodzilla in much the same way as the previous film, except this time MechaGodzilla's head was not defeated so easily. When Godzilla ripped out MechaGodzilla's head, MechaGodzilla seemed to have another, smaller, main head under it and continued attacking Godzilla. MechaGodzilla was stopped by Doctor Mafune's daughter sacrificing herself. Godzilla destroys the lifeless MechaGodzilla and then battles with the confused Titanosaurus. Soon, Titanosaurus falls into the sea after Godzilla shoots his atomic breath at him, and he is never seen again, meaning the Earth is safe once again.
The final scene of Terror of MechaGodzilla depicted Godzilla wading off into the sea, not to be seen until his return in the Heisei series nine years later. Interestingly, this was not the final film of the Showa era in in-Universe chronology. Destroy All Monsters, which took place in 1999, was the last film chronologically in-Universe.
Heisei Series
The Heisei series is in the era where not only does Godzilla return after a decade's absence, but marks a transition between the reign of the Showa Emperor Hirohito to that of his son Akihito, now dubbed the Heisei Emperor.
The Return of GodzillaIn The Return of Godzilla, the famous monster is re-invented to be taller and more powerful, at 80 meters tall and 50,000 metric tons. Return of Godzilla ignores all previous films in the series aside from the original. Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah explains that this second Godzilla is the product of a botched time traveling mission by a group of terrorists from the 23rd century known as Futurians. Under the guise of wanting to save Japan from Godzilla's devastation, the Futurians travel back to 1944 and transport an injured Godzillasaurus residing on Lagos Island to the Bering Sea, thus preventing its exposure to the A-bombs. The Godzillasaurus lies dormant in the Bering Sea, where it is exposed to radiation after a nuclear submarine accidentally detonates in the dinosaurs vicinity. Hungry for nuclear energy, the new Godzilla attacks a Soviet nuclear submarine before turning towards Japan as its predecessor in 1954 did, attacking the nation's nuclear power plants. After his battle with the Super X, Professor Hayashida lures Godzilla to Mount Mihara, where he is dropped into the lava below. There he enters a state of dormancy.
During his slumber, Japan develops an underfunded agency, designed to track any and all of Godzilla's future sightings in Japan. Japanese corporations develop Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria in order to protect the country from nuclear accidents or attacks.
Godzilla vs. BiollanteReawakened by explosions detonated during a failed terrorist ransoming, Godzilla heads for Lake Ashino where he does battle with Biollante, the hybrid monster of Godzilla's own DNA and the cells of a rose that bonded with the soul of a scientist's daughter. After their first battle, a new Super X2 confronts Godzilla and distracts the monster so soldiers can administer the ANEB through rocket-propelled grenades. Super X2 is badly damaged during the battle, unable to further engage Godzilla. In an attempt to activate the ANEB, Godzilla is lured to a site with experimental lightning generators intended to increase Godzilla's core temperature so the bacteria can function properly. At the site, a new form of Biollante arrives and besieges the weakening Godzilla. The ANEB takes effect and forces the battle to a draw. Biollante is mortally wounded and Godzilla falls into the ocean, where he is believed to die from the ANEB. However, the cold waters of the Pacific lower Godzilla's body temperature, retarding the effects of the ANEB and allow Godzilla to live on. In his weakened state, Godzilla swims back to the area of his origin, the Bering Sea.
Ultimately, the original Godzilla disappears from history when the Futurians moved the Godzillasaurus from Lagos Island in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, and this Godzilla is never seen again, as a new Godzilla was created.
Godzilla vs. King GhidorahIn Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, it is discovered that the time-travelers that had prevented Godzilla's creation had, during the Godzillasaurus' transportation, left in its place their own creation, three tiny Dorats, to allow them to undergo Godzilla's nuclear transformation instead, mutating and combining them into King Ghidorah. They are unaware that the Godzilla they had planned to erase was later mutated by a nuclear submarine crash.
The Futurians trick several scientists into aiding them on a false time-traveling mission under the pretense of preventing Godzilla's transformation on Lagos Island. In efforts to stop the Futurians' monster that is instead created, an extremely wealthy corporate developer, who previously fought on the island as a Japanese soldier, plans to send a nuclear submarine into the Bering Sea in an attempt to create the second Godzilla. Instead of finding the Godzillasaurus, the submarine would come face to face with Godzilla himself, mutated by the sub crash. The new Godzilla absorbs the power of the nuclear sub, increasing his size further, becoming powerful enough to defeat King Ghidorah. Godzilla proceeds to attack Japan itself, but is stopped when Emmy, one of the Futurians who had turned on her fellows, resurrects Ghidorah as a cyborg in the future and returns to the past to battle Godzilla with the new Mecha-King Ghidorah. The two battle in Tokyo, with both falling into the sea, but Godzilla is still alive and reawakens using his atomic ray underwater at the film's conclusion.
Godzilla vs. MothraThe next films of the Heisei series films show mankind's efforts to defeat Godzilla while also being challenged by other monsters such as Mothra, Battra and Rodan. This series features a specialized organization of monster-combating soldiers and engineers called G-Force.
Godzilla returns in Godzilla vs. Mothra when he rises from the sea while a Mothra egg is being transported. Mothra hatches and Godzilla and Mothra have a short battle, which finishes when Battra Larva arrives. Battra tosses Mothra aside and battles with Godzilla by himself. Their battle goes underwater after a while, and a volcano erupts on them, presumably killing them.
However, Godzilla burrows his way out and heads for Yokohama, where both Mothra and Battra are headed as well. Godzilla arrives when the two are fighting, and Mothra and Battra team up against Godzilla. Eventually, Mothra and Battra carry Godzilla out to the sea. Godzilla shoots his atomic breath repeatedly at Battra until he dies midair, sending them both plummeting into the ocean.
Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla 2Several of the ways G-Force plan to stop Godzilla include the construction of two mechas, MechaGodzilla, who would battle both Godzilla and Rodan, and M.O.G.U.E.R.A.. Like in the previous series, Godzilla eventually adopts a "son" that is discovered by scientists in Rodan's nest, called "Baby Godzilla", in this film, "Little Godzilla" in the next, and "Godzilla Junior" in the one after that. It is never stated that Godzilla birthed the monster, nor is it even made clear whether Godzilla has any knowledge of the monster's existence before it was born. Both Rodan and Godzilla have a natural drive to want to be close to the monster, much to the tactical benefit of G-Force. Godzilla and Rodan fight, and Rodan is forced to retreat. The G-Force study Baby Godzilla to pinpoint any weak points in Godzilla, and they find out Godzilla has a second brain in his torso. Super MechaGodzilla is sent in to kill Godzilla and successfully does. However, Fire Rodan sacrifices himself and gives up his life energy to revive Godzilla. Godzilla is given a powerful spiral ray attack, which he uses to destroy Super MechaGodzilla. Baby Godzilla is sent off with his father afterwards, and they go out to the sea peacefully.
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzillaGodzilla and his son, now called Little Godzilla, return in Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla, and are living in Birth Island. Godzilla rises from the sea, and a few men working on Project T try destroying Godzilla by exploiting an apparent weak spot Godzilla has in his arm pits. They fail, and it is never found out of Godzilla's arm pits are indeed a weak spot. SpaceGodzilla soon comes down to Birth Island and kidnaps Little Godzilla. Godzilla follows SpaceGodzilla to Fukuoka and fights him in the crystal-covered city alongside M.O.G.U.E.R.A. M.O.G.U.E.R.A. is destroyed eventually, and Godzilla overloads SpaceGodzilla with his energy, making SpaceGodzilla explode. Godzilla leaves Fukuoka with his son and swim off to Birth Island.
Godzilla vs. DestoroyahUltimately, this Godzilla meets his end in the finale of the Heisei series, Godzilla vs. Destoroyah. Everything comes full circle when Godzilla is faced with a monster, Destoroyah, created by the Oxygen Destroyer, which was used to kill the first Godzilla in 1954. Godzilla's end comes when his internal radiation becomes too intense for his body to control, and he finally succumbs to a total nuclear meltdown. This is not the end of Godzilla's legacy, however; the previously wounded Godzilla Junior (who is killed by Destoroyah earlier) absorbs all of the radiation from Godzilla's meltdown and fully matures into an adult Godzilla.
Godzilla IslandAlthough the series was supposed to be in a 10-year retirement, Godzilla makes an "early" return, though not in a new movie, but a television show titled Godzilla Island. Godzilla Island, in general, gave back the character his role from 1964's Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster to 1975's Terror of MechaGodzilla. However, unlike in the Showa era, Godzilla is already good from the very start, and serves as the main monster protagonist of the show.
In 2097, Godzilla, and 9 of Earth's monsters, found themselves confined to an island in the Pacific Ocean dubbed Godzilla Island. When the Xiliens come down to earth with their horde of evil monsters, Godzilla is always there to fight and protect G-Guard Base, sometimes with other monsters like Rodan, Mothra, MechaGodzilla and Moguera. He usually fights Destoroyah and Megalon.
1998 film
Godzilla didn't appear in the 1998 TriStar film GODZILLA. Instead, the character that appeared in that film was Zilla. Zilla was previously known as "Godzilla" and was the same character as the real Godzilla until Godzilla: Final Wars and a series of legal events called the "Zilla Name Change" took place between 2003 and 2005.
Millennium Series
The Millennium series is unique because rather than creating a single continuity that all the films would follow, the series would instead comprise a number of distinct narratives and different timelines, each using only the original Godzilla film as a backdrop. In Japan, many call it the "X" series, due to the Japanese titles containing "X" instead of "Vs" or "Versus". The majority of the films in the series featured a revamped Godzilla design. This new "Millennium Godzilla" had a wilder appearance, with more massive, jagged scutes and a fiercer, more dinosaur-like face than the Godzillas featured in the Heisei and Showa series.
Godzilla 2000: MillenniumAs a direct sequel of the original movie, the Godzilla depicted in Godzilla 2000: Millennium is not related to any other Godzilla films seen previously, or to those to come. This Godzilla been attacking and feeding off Japan's energy plants for some time. During Godzilla's latest rampage an alien is found which attacks Godzilla, absorbs his DNA and copy the Organizer G-1 (Regenerator G-1 in U.S. movie) in order to adapt to Earth's atmosphere and becomes the monster, Orga. The two monsters battle and Godzilla prevails by destroying his foe as it attempts to swallow him whole.
Godzilla vs. MegaguirusThough Godzilla looks nearly the same in this film as he did in Godzilla 2000: Millennium, this movie takes place in an entirely separate continuity from the previous film and is not a sequel. The Godzilla in Godzilla vs. Megaguirus attacked Tokyo in 1954, the Tokaimura Power Plant in 1966, and Osaka in 1996. In 2000, Godzilla would be the first to encounter the Meganula threat. However, shortly after this, Godzilla would be lured to Kiganjima Island where he would fall victim to a top secret weapon, the Dimension Tide. The attack would be interrupted by the Meganula allowing Godzilla to battle their queen, Megaguirus in battle. After Godzilla's victory he would fall victim once again to the Dimension Tide and be buried deep underneath the city. Shortly after the credits, however, the main character, a child, goes to the window and hears Godzilla's roar.
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out AttackAgain disregarding the continuity of previous films of the Millennium series, the Godzilla in Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack is confirmed to be the original monster (the monster that attacked New York in 1998, Zilla, turned out not to be Godzilla). Godzilla is depicted as a demonic beast possessed by the souls of those who died in the Pacific in World War II. This film returns Godzilla to his roots of being a genuinely malevolent being who deliberately seeks to punish Japan for the sins of WWII. Godzilla would do battle with the three guardian monsters of Japan, Baragon, Mothra, and King Ghidorah, but would be nearly destroyed by the actions of General Tachibana, who piloted a submersible down Godzilla's throat and out through a wound in his neck. The next two times Godzilla attempted to use his atomic breath it shot out of his wound, and eventually tore him apart from the inside. At the bottom of Tokyo Bay, it is revealed that the heart of Godzilla is beating continuously.
Godzilla Against MechaGodzillaIn Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla, a second Godzilla goes on a rampage in Japan. After that incident, the Minister of Science decides to make a bio-mechanical robot from the bones of the Godzilla of 1954. After a few years, Kiryu, the Millennium series' MechaGodzilla, is built. Kiryu is sent to fight off Godzilla. However Godzilla roars, causing the DNA of the original Godzilla within Kiryu to cause it to start attacking the city itself, until it runs out of power. Kiryu is shutdown and readjusted. Kiryu is sent again to fight Godzilla. At the end of the battle, Kiryu carries Godzilla and both crash in Tokyo Bay. Kiryu shoots its final shot, the Absolute Zero, and freezes the water. But Godzilla survives the shot with less damage and Kiryu loses his arm and damages the Absolute Zero weapon.
The same Godzilla that appeared in Against MechaGodzilla would reappear in the direct sequel, Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.In Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S., a direct sequel to the previous film, the two Shobijin fairies warn that using Godzilla's bones as a weapon is a big mistake. The Prime Minister refuses to stop Operation: Kiryu. Godzilla then arrives in Tokyo and Mothra comes and saves Tokyo from destruction. The Prime Minister launches Kiryu in order to save the dieing Mothra. An egg in Infant Island eventually hatches and two larvae go to save their mother. Mothra is blown up by Godzilla's atomic ray and now what is left are the larvae and Kiryu. Kiryu eventually runs wild and brings Godzilla wrapped in silk to the ocean. They both sink together and Kiryu permanently shuts down and Godzilla is able to sleep in the depths. At the end, there is a storage room with the DNA of the original Godzilla still there, so another monster will rise (possibly Godzilla again, he should break free from Kiryu's grip).
Godzilla: Final WarsThe Godzilla from Godzilla: Final Wars takes on a familiar yet new appearance. The difference can be seen while comparing his head to the suits from all the other films. Godzillas in the Heisei series was smaller in appearance while Godzilla from the Millennium series has a noticeably longer build. Many people think this Godzilla is also possibly Godzilla Junior due to the fact of his image of him being trapped was shown simultaneously with Godzilla Junior's resurrection, although this is never explained and is probably not the case as the Heisei and Millennium eras share no continuity.
Decades before the main story starts, an older past Godzilla is buried in ice at the South Pole by the Earth Defense Force's aerial battle ship Gotengo. When the Xiliens, an alien race, use many of Earth's own monsters in an attempt to conquer it, the EDF is forced to free Godzilla from the ice to fight for mankind. This Godzilla is lured towards the Xiliens' Mothership in Tokyo while he fights the Xiliens' monsters along the way, defeating or destroying each one in his path, including Gigan, Zilla, Kumonga, Kamacuras, Rodan, King Caesar, Anguirus , Ebirah and Hedorah.
He at last arrives in Tokyo just in time for an asteroid to enter Earth's atmosphere. Godzilla attempts to stop it by blowing his atomic breath on it, causing it to explode and releasing the real threat, Monster X. Mothra comes to aid Godzilla while the Xiliens summon the revived and rebuilt Gigan. Mothra is quickly dispatched by Gigan, who then joins Monster X to double team Godzilla. Mothra recovers and attacks both Monster X and Gigan, turning the tide of battle. Gigan resumes his battle with Mothra, using it's laser vision beam, turning Mothra to what some people call "Fire Mothra," and both monsters are destroyed in a Kamikaze attack by her, while Monster X transformed into a new form, Keizer Ghidorah. He nearly would have killed Godzilla if it weren't for the superhuman Ozaki transferring his mutant powers into Godzilla through the Gotengo, restoring his strength and empowering him enough to use his greatest weapon-his spiral ray to destroy Kaiser Ghidorah. Turning his attention back on his old enemies, Godzilla shot down the Gotengo and prepares to finish its crew off when Godzilla's infant son, Minilla, intervenes, pleading Godzilla to stop. Both moved by Minilla's courage to stand up to him and tired from his past battles, Godzilla returns to the ocean with his son. But not with out Minilla finally using his atomic ray on his own. Godzilla let out one final roar and went to the sea.
Legendary Series
In January 2014's issue of Total Film, it was mentioned that Godzilla was going to rise from the Pacific Ocean to rampage on cities.[1] According to the dialogue of Joseph Brody in the main trailer for the film, Godzilla might have been the cause of a "natural" disaster, and that he has been "hidden" by the U.S. government.
In an interview with Collider.com, Gareth Edwards said that the U.S. government knew about Godzilla for some time, and that the nuclear tests that they performed were actually attempts to kill Godzilla.[4]
Over the years Godzilla has possessed many powers and abilities to use against his foes. Godzilla is generally considered to be the most powerful kaiju, as is expressed by his title, "the King of the Monsters."
Atomic BreathGodzilla's signature weapon is his distinctive atomic breath. Godzilla's scutes glow ominously, and then he lets loose with a concentrated blast of radiation from his mouth. This power is commonly mistaken for breathing literal fire.
Godzilla has been shown apparently being able to adjust the intensity of his ray, varying from a blast of superheated vapor, such as in the 1950s and 1960s, to a beam with explosive and kinetic properties, in the 1970s and onward. The ray is usually portrayed as being neon blue, though in Godzilla 2000: Millennium and Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, it is a reddish orange to signify an increased level of power.
In Godzilla 2000 and Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, Godzilla's atomic breath was shown as having incendiary properties and was strong enough to destroy a miniature black hole, while in Godzilla: Final Wars, it possessed incredible range, amazing power and pin-point accuracy, able to hit a target in outer space and kill most kaiju with a single shot.
A variation of the standard atomic ray in the Heisei series was the red "spiral ray" which he acquired as a result of absorbing the Rodan's life energy. This ray was so powerful that only a few blasts of it were sufficient to completely destroy MechaGodzilla and SpaceGodzilla, though Destoroyah was able to withstand several hits. In Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, a variant of his spiral ray was seen when King Ghidorah used his golden gravity beams on Godzilla. Godzilla was somehow able to draw strength from the gravity beams and used the absorbed energy to fire a blast of blue energy wrapped in a golden spiral that completely destroyed King Ghidorah. The spiral ray returned in Godzilla: Final Wars, where it was strong enough to push Keizer Ghidorah to the edge of space, destroying him in an explosion visible from the surface of the Earth.
In the video game Godzilla: Save the Earth, Godzilla can also use a variation of his Atomic Breath called the Final Beam, a beam of energy that resembles his regular Atomic Breath except for the fact it is far more powerful and is purple in color. In Save the Earth he can also launch huge fireballs from his mouth as well.
Nuclear Pulse and Magnetic Powers
In addition to his very deadly atomic breath, Godzilla can also emit atomic energy in all directions from every inch of his body in a short-range pulse. The pulse was first seen in his fight against Biollante. Godzilla only used the nuclear pulse in the Heisei series, although many consider the climactic scene in Godzilla 2000 to be a use of Godzilla's nuclear pulse; and also, Godzilla uses something similar to a nuclear pulse to prevent Keizer Ghidorah from draining any more of his energy from him after being surged with Ozaki's energy.
In Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla, Godzilla found a way to generate powerful magnetic fields from his body after being struck several times by lightning, which proved devastating against his metallic foe. This is the only time Godzilla ever used this power.
In the 1993 Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla 2, Godzilla demonstrated another ability that may have been a variant of his nuclear pulse. After being struck with MechaGodzilla's Shock Anchor harpoons, Godzilla discharged a form of energy up the cables, severely damaging the robot's internal mechanisms. However, this was not the only time Godzilla ever used this ability. In Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla, the King of the Monsters discharged energy through his physical blows in his offensive against the sinister space mutant SpaceGodzilla.
DurabilityGodzilla has displayed an uncanny ability to sustain damage throughout his films.
Starting in the first Godzilla film, Godzilla displayed an immunity to conventional weaponry, virtually impervious to everything the JSDF threw at him. He has demonstrated the ability to survive complete submersion in magma for an extended period of time, sometimes while under extreme pressure from tectonic plates (as seen in Godzilla vs. Mothra). He has even survived being in ground zero of asteroid impacts. The only times his flesh has been visibly pierced were in battle with the Super X, Showa Gigan, Biollante, King Ghidorah, Destoroyah, and from MechaGodzilla's weapons in the Showa, Heisei and Millennium series.
In addition to being extremely resistant to damage, Godzilla possesses an extremely advanced and highly efficient regenerative ability. This power was a crucial plot point of Godzilla vs. Biollante and Godzilla 2000: Millennium. In Godzilla 2000, it is explained that Godzilla's regenerative abilities may have something to do with his radioactive properties, and Regenerator G-1 ("Organizer G-1" in the Japanese version) is the name given to a substance in his cells that is responsible for Godzilla's swift healing. In Godzilla vs. Biollante, Japanese scientists use samples of the Godzilla cells (called G-cells throughout the Heisei series of Godzilla films) to help create the ANEB. This healing factor would be inherited by all creatures spawned from Godzilla's DNA, those being Biollante, SpaceGodzilla and Orga.
Physical Abilities
As attributed to his size, weight and mass, Godzilla has displayed varied levels of physical strength sufficient to lift weights exceeding 2,000 tons and smash skyscrapers. He has been depicted lifting and throwing monsters in excess of his own weight, such as King Ghidorah, Hedorah, MechaGodzilla and others, and in Godzilla: Final Wars was even able to throw Kumonga clear over the horizon. He is shown using various martial arts techniques in a comical fashion during the Showa Series, or moving very quickly in spite of his size, such as in Zone Fighter. In the Millennium series he has also been able to leap high into the air.
Godzilla's long tail is also a formidable weapon. It has been shown to be very flexible and powerful, able to lash out quickly and topple over buildings and enemy monsters. In Godzilla vs. Megalon, he was able to slide on his tail a great distance to deliver a devastating kick, and in Godzilla vs. Megaguirus it was revealed to be prehensile as well. In all his incarnations he has been shown to have powerful jaws and sharp teeth and claws, although these are more prominent in some incarnations than in others. Rarely, Godzilla also showed the ability to use his scutes as a weapon, such as in Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, when he uses their jagged tips to slice off Megaguirus' claw, and Godzilla vs. Hedorah, where he used them to cut into Hedorah during the flying scene. Also in Godzilla 2000: Millennium and Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, the scutes create a tremendous amount of heat when the atomic ray is being prepared.
However, many of the films show Godzilla preferring to battle his opponents from a distance, particularly in the Heisei series, either by using his atomic breath, or by throwing objects like boulders at them.
AmphibiousnessThough not an amphibian, Godzilla has an amphibious lifestyle. He spends half of his life in water and the other on land. He is as adept a fighter underwater as he is on land. Capable of marching on the sea floor or swimming by undulating his tail like a crocodile, Godzilla is displayed as being able to breathe underwater, occasionally hibernating in the ocean depths between movies, and being submerged apparently does not impede his atomic ray, as seen in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah. He engages opponents in the sea on multiple occasions, fighting King Ghidorah, Ebirah, Battra, Biollante and Mothra either beneath or on the surface of the waves.
FlightIn a memorable, and somewhat infamous scene in Godzilla vs. Hedorah, Godzilla used his atomic breath to fly by aiming it at the ground and lifting off like a rocket.
The extent of Godzilla's intelligence varies throughout the character's history, but Godzilla is generally depicted as a thinking creature. The Showa incarnation in particular is depicted as being close in intelligence to a human, capable of abstract thought, and able to communicate with other monsters. Other versions of Godzilla display a simple animal cunning.
Though the American-shot inserts from King Kong vs. Godzilla have little consistency with the timeline and rules of the Godzilla character in the Toho films, it may be worth mentioning that one of the American characters says that Godzilla has a brain about the size of a marble: "He's sheer brute force." In comparison, the character states that King Kong "Is a thinking animal." Again, this is largely inconsistent with Godzilla's character, although this is possibly done just to show Kong, being a primate would be be much more intelligent than Godzilla, who is reptile-like.
In the Heisei series Godzilla reacts on animal cunning and instinct more consecutively than in his Showa counterpart, as demonstrated by his conditioned response in The Return of Godzilla. He was still capable of independent thought, however and according to Miki Saegusa of human-like sentiments as well. This was corroborated by his mourning the death of Godzilla Junior in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah. In Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla 2 he seems to destroy MechaGodzilla out of rage at Rodan's death. It was insinuated in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah that he also remembers the distant past. The Heisei Godzilla was psychic on some level, possibly the most powerful in existence. His evasion of the JSDF in Godzilla vs. Biollante seemed to carry implications of precognition. Additionally, he had some manner of psychic link with Godzilla Junior and has several times demonstrated the ability to locate potential opponents from great distances.
Other examples of Godzilla's intelligence was displayed in Godzilla 2000 when he was facing Orga. When Orga kept regenerating himself in a fast pace, Godzilla decided to go after Orga's core and exploited that weakness thus defeating Orga.
WeaknessesDespite his incredible power, Godzilla has displayed a few weaknesses over the years. In King Kong vs. Godzilla and Mothra vs. Godzilla he is shown to be vulnerable to strong voltages of electricity. As the series progressed, lightning (i.e., electricity found in nature) has been shown to have the opposite effect, at times serving to revitalize him. In The Return of Godzilla Godzilla was shown to be vulnerable to cadmium, though Godzilla's immune system was able to overcome it. Later on, Godzilla is revealed to have a second brain in his spine with Super MechaGodzilla being able to kill him by destroying it. Nevertheless, he was revived by Fire Rodan and further films seem to ignore this gigantic weak spot. It was also suggested in Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla that Godzilla has a soft spot under each armpit. However, the validity of this claim was highly dubious and this alleged weak point was never successfully exploited. Godzilla's sheer bulk has also been depicted as a disadvantage, making it difficult for him to keep up with the more agile Megaguirus, who was able to outmaneuver him as well as forcing Godzilla to have to rely heavily on his endurance. Also, while he has an endurance level beyond measure, his enemies usually counter by trying to crush and batter him.
To date, the only weapons ever shown to be close to effective against Godzilla were Dr. Serizawa's Oxygen Destroyer and to a lesser degree, Dr. Shiragami's ANEB (Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria). The ANEB was a chemical compound developed from Godzilla's cells and designed to consume radioactivity. The bacteria managed to lower the radioactivity within Godzilla's body to the point of causing him to hibernate in the sea for three years. Godzilla was then resurrected in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah when travelers from the future tampered with the timeline, creating a larger, more powerful Godzilla. There were apparently no further attempts to use the ANEB against Godzilla. In Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, Godzilla went through Meltdown, a process which killed him.
Anti-Godzilla Weapons
Due to Godzilla's size, super-strength and regenerative abilities, he is invulnerable to most forms of conventional attack. However, over the years, there have been some weapons that were able to hurt and damage Godzilla.
Zone Fighter
In Japan, Godzilla was a frequent guest star on the tokusatsu series Zone Fighter. In it, Godzilla occasionally fought alongside the protagonist against other monsters, including Gigan and King Ghidorah, two monsters who had previously appeared in Godzilla films, including the 1972 film Godzilla vs. Gigan, in which Gigan made his debut and, like in Zone Fighter, was teamed with King Ghidorah.
Godzilla (Hanna-Barbera)
Godzilla made his American series debut in the 1978 Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning show The Godzilla Power Hour. In this series, Godzilla had a nephew, Godzooky. In addition to his atomic breath, which simply changed to fire in the cartoon, he was given the power to shoot laser beams out of his eyes. Godzilla could be summoned by his human friends, sea-explorers on the ship USS Calico, with a signaling device or by the cry of Godzooky. Instead of his trademark roar, Godzilla's voice was done by actor Ted Cassidy. The series ran until 1981.
Godzilla Island
Godzilla appeared in the 1997 television series Godzilla Island.
Godzilla: The Series
Another series, based on the 1998 film, aired on Fox Kids. Godzilla: The Series featured a baby Zilla which had grown to full size. Zilla Junior traveled around the world with a team called H.E.A.T., including scientist Nick Tatopoulos, battling monsters. Zilla had the abilities and physical forms of his parent, but the creators of the show gave him more powers and an attitude more resembling the real Godzilla, including the roar.
Video Game Appearances
Godzilla: Monster of Monsters
One of two monsters the player can control. Unlike Mothra, Godzilla excels at combat versus other kaiju. Godzilla's fault lies in his mobility: in the Japanese version Godzilla's movement is affected by terrain and he could move either 1 or 2 spaces, while his movement is simply 2 spaces in the US version. Godzilla also presents a bigger target, making stage navigation harder, and has less overall power and life compared to Mothra. To compensate for this, Godzilla deals much more damage than Mothra and has double the number of offensive moves.
Godzilla: UnleashedHeight: 100 meters
Weight: 55,000 tons
"Godzilla is the most powerful of Earth's Defenders. Godzilla lives beneath the ocean's waves, slumbering until he is called upon to face some fearsome threat. Although he has often defended the Earth from aliens, mutants, and other external threats, Godzilla has never included "humans" in the list of things he deliberately protects. To the contrary, it is often human folly that arouses Godzilla's ire. Because of this fact, the Global Defense Force considers Godzilla to be an extremely dangerous potential adversary. Godzilla uses his atomic fire to destroy most threats from a distance, but has proved to be a fearsome hand-to-hand combatant, especially when he can bring his powerful tail into play. Godzilla's most mysterious ability may be his uncanny sixth sense, which always gives him time to travel to exactly where he needs to be.""Born of a failed attempt by aliens from the future to destroy Godzilla in the past, Godzilla 90's is a larger, stronger version of his original form. This "reborn" version of the original mutated Godzillasaurus ravaged an unprepared human populace with a renewed thirst for destruction. Godzilla 90's' reemergence as a monster superpower reminded all those standing in his way that the "King of the monsters" had returned." "The original king of the monsters, this towering behemoth was the first post-war radioactive monster unleashed upon the world. Godzilla '54's atomic-powered body was so powerful that each footprint he left was a crater seeping with lethal radiation. The infamous day that Godzilla rose from the sea to conquer Tokyo will be remembered as the beginning of the humanity's epic struggle against the reign of giant monsters."
In Godzilla: Unleashed, all three Godzillas are playable each with a few differences but all are mainly alike. Of course Godzilla is easy to control and with many fierce attacks he is able to easily floor multiple monsters. Although his combat ability he still retains the deadly atomic breath ray which is easy to use and effective so the king of monsters will not lose his crown so easily.
Godzilla has been featured in comic books, most often in American productions (from Marvel Comics in the late-1970s, and from Dark Horse Comics in the 1980s and 1990s). Godzilla manga comics are also available.
The Marvel series told original stories and attempted to fit into the official Toho continuity, while avoiding direct references to it. It integrated Godzilla into the Marvel Universe. It was published from 1977 to 1979, fitting between the Showa Period movies and the Heisei Era. This series described the adventures and confrontations of Godzilla in the United States.
Between 1996 and 1998 Random House published four books by Marc Cerasini featuring Godzilla and other monsters of the Toho movies: Godzilla Returns, Godzilla 2000, Godzilla at World's End, and Godzilla vs. The Robot Monsters. The release of a fifth book, Godzilla and the Lost Continent was planned but was canceled when Random House's license for Godzilla expired.
On September 23, 2004 Godzilla on My Mind: Fifty Years of the King of Monsters by William M. Tsutsui was released by Palgrave Macmillan. The book was released to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Godzilla and looks into some of the ways Godzilla has become a simple part of everyday life for fans.
In 2009, author James Morrow released his novel Shambling Towards Hiroshima, a fictional retelling of the cinematic origins of a giant fire-breathing lizard (named Gorgantis) created by the U.S. Army during WWII to terrify the Japanese into surrendering.
Godzilla has been featured in the occasional comic book. Perhaps surprisingly, most of those seem to be of American production (from Marvel Comics in the mid-1970s and from Dark Horse Comics in the 1980s and 1990s). Japanese Godzilla comics do exist, however. The Marvel series told original stories and attempted to both fit into the official Toho continuity and avoid referencing it too directly. It also integrated Godzilla into the Marvel Universe, making use of many of its main regular characters such as the Avengers. It was published from 1977 to 1979, neatly fitting between the Showa era movies and the Heisei era. This series described the adventures and confrontations of Godzilla while he wandered in various regions of the United States, from Alaska to New York City.
The general situations of the series were fairly similar to those of the Showa Period movies, but other than Godzilla himself all characters were new creations, albeit in sometimes strangely familiar roles - for instance, Red Ronin somewhat resembles MechaGodzilla in its story role. Likewise, the JSDF are absent but S.H.I.E.L.D. fills its role in the story, complete with a Behemoth IV Helicarrier to substitute for Super X.
TrademarksGodzilla has had many trademarks in his name over the years. The Marvel Godzilla is the Godzilla used in the current copyright icon for Godzilla, which has been in use since 1977 for the most part. Some media released as late as 1993, such as the Godzilla vs. 3 Major Monsters and Kaiju-Oh Godzilla video games, have the older copyright icon. The old copyright icon is represented by the Showa Godzilla, which suit represents it is unknown as many suits were similar to the silhouette in the icon. There is no trademark for "Japanese Godzilla."[5]
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Cultural Impact
Godzilla is one of the defining aspects and most recognizable features of Japanese pop culture for many people worldwide, embodying the kaiju subset of the tokusatsu genre. Though his popularity has waned slightly over the years, he is still one of the most renowned monster characters in the world. To this day, Godzilla remains an important facet of Japanese films, embodying the kaiju subset of the tokusatsu genre. Godzilla has been called a filmographic metaphor for the United States, starting out as a terrifying enemy and later a strong ally and defender in times of need. The earliest Godzilla films, especially the original Gojira, attempted to portray Godzilla as a frightening, nuclear monster. Godzilla represented the fears of many Japanese of a repeat of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.[23] As the series progressed, so did Godzilla himself, changing into a less destructive and more heroic character as the films became increasingly geared towards children. Today, the character has fallen somewhere in the middle, sometimes portrayed as a protector of the Earth (notably Tokyo) from external threats and other times as a bringer of destruction.
He has been considered a filmographic metaphor for the United States, as well as an allegory of nuclear weapons in general. The earlier Godzilla films, especially the original, portrayed Godzilla as a frightening, nuclear monster. Godzilla represented the fears that many Japanese held about the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the possibility of recurrence.As the series progressed, so did Godzilla, changing into a less destructive and more heroic character as the films became geared towards children. Since then, the character has fallen somewhere in the middle, sometimes portrayed as a protector of the world from external threats and other times as a bringer of destruction. Godzilla remains one of the greatest fictional heroes in the history of film, and is also the second of only three fictional characters to have won the MTV Lifetime Achievement Award, which was awarded in 1996.
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has named its newly acquired, fast interceptor vessel Gojira in deference to the Godzilla character and as an ironic comment on the Japanese whalers' activities. Its purpose is to target and harass Japanese whalers in defense of whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. However, its name was later changed due to copyright issues with Toho.
The Godzilla character, suit or appearance has been alluded to in many Tokusatsu series.
Godzilla's roar is a famous sound effect. Over the years, it has changed considerably, sounding different almost every time and having many variations for the different emotions.
The sound effects team originally tried to create Godzilla's roar by using animal roars that had been edited. They sampled all kinds of birds and mammals, but nothing seemed to be the right match for the reptile-like noises a monster like Godzilla would make. Akira Ifukube, who was the film's composer, proposed stepping away from using animal samples. He took a string off of his contrabass and rubbed it with gloves soaked in pine tar. The sound that came from it was used as Godzilla's roar.
The effect has been used elsewhere, including the Le-matya in Star Trek: The Animated Series.
Godzilla's roar can be written in readable characters and has been done so in comics, and not only by a simple "Roar". In the Marvel Comics, Godzilla's roar was spelled "Mrawww". In the Dark Horse Comics and Godzilla: Rulers of Earth, Godzilla's roar was spelled "Skreeongk". In most of the IDW Comics, Godzilla's roar is spelled "Skreeonk".
In Other Languages
Godzilla's name remains the same across many Latin alphabet-using languages. Due to his popularity, he has more name translations than most other kaiju.
This is a list of references for Godzilla. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]
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HP just issued a statement warning Dell's customers that Dell "faces an extended period of uncertainty and transition that will not be good for its customers."
The statement is basically an invitation to customers to check out HP. "We believe Dell's customers will now be eager to explore alternatives, and HP plans to take full advantage of that opportunity."
Carter Lusher, chief IT analyst at market researcher Ovum, put out a statement warning that Dell customers need to pay close attention to this deal. One challenge is that Dell has already been going through a "wrenching transition" from being a supplier of cheap PCs to being a vendor that can sell enterprise infrastructure equipment.
And now comes this leveraged buyout, which will only add to the confusion. "Ovum recommends that CIOs need to assess the risk to their infrastructure and put into place plans should Dell's radical hardware, software and services shifts require changes to procurement plans," Lusher says in the statement.
HP points out that Dell will now be saddled with debt, which will make it harder for Dell to invest in creating new products. And that's true.
What Happens Next
For a good take on how the money works, check out Henry Blodget's piece on Business Insider about how deals like this usually work when a private equity fund like Silver Lake Partners take over a company.
The gist is that the private equity guys usually take some of the company's cash on hand (at Dell there's a pool of $15 billion) and pay themselves a huge dividend, enough to cover all the money they've put into the deal, so from there on out they have no risk at all. (This is why an MIT professor once famously said, "Private equity is a little bit like sex. When it's good, it's very, very good. When it's bad, it's still pretty good.")
They'll use some of the remaining cash to pay down debt. Then they'll start cutting employees and selling off parts of the business.
Maybe it seems nasty for HP to be pointing all this out, but hey, this is business. You can be sure every HP enterprise sales person is hitting the phones hard right now. And every big Dell account must be getting lit up with phone calls from HP and others.
Larry Dignan of ZDNet calls the HP statement a "rapid-fire FUD campaign," and maybe it is. But Dignan also points out the "10 big unknowns" in the deal. And Dell's uncertainty is a huge opportunity for others.


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According to a post I saw yesterday on mlbtraderumors the Yankees were quoted as saying money was no object to them in the international market.
Teams are given a set amount to spend in the international market and then a 100% luxury tax kicks in along with other penalties. The Yankees have I believe somewhere around 2 million to spend and they are talking in the range of 12-15 million not including the luxury tax.
Do the small market and mid market teams need to stand up and make
Latest post on mlbtraderumors references an article by LaVelle E. Neal III citing an anonymous source as the Twins have signed Phil Hughes. This is supposed to be a 3/24 contract. If this is correct it is good news. I would rather have a different pitcher, but this signing cannot hurt. Decent price for a pitcher. TR at least is getting decent value for Poland's money.
With 2013 being lost and 2014 not looking good for the start, this is my plan, on a limited payroll, est $80-$90 million(dueable with extra $25 million Twins will get next year for TV/radio rights) to try and put a competitive team on the field and sell seats to the fans.
1. Upgrade starting pitching staff. Sign if possible Josh Johnson and Tim Lincecum to contracts. Johnson should be a one year with option at about $7 millions. Lincecum may need 3 years for about $15 million a year to
There are a number of Twins prospects from the upper level of the farm system that will need to produce the spring and summer or risk the chance of being left behind or needing a different orgainization to get to the major leagues in because of the wealth of talent the Twins have coming.
1. Parmelee. He has the best chance of making it and also because of expectations the best chance of failure. His current shelve life is about 1/2 a season, because at that time the Twins will have


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A year in review
A year in review
Late January 2013 I installed Rescue Time on all my laptops and over the course of the year I monitored the ways I used my time. Below you'll see the weekly bar chart of where my time went. Blue is good productive time, red not so much. If you consider yourself a highly productive person, this is how you can take it to the next level: measure everything and adapt.
In the middle of September you can see I got pretty serious about using my computer time better. But I fell off the wagon after Xmas and burned a lot of time organizing my music collection. New headphones.
Not much more commentary needed really. Do I regret the thirteen man weeks spent attending meetings? Perhaps, but over the course of the year I really dialed back on wasteful meetings and "missed" many of them. A dozen man weeks reading and composing email? That comes with being management and a decision maker. This communication load is pretty lean considering the environment.
So just half of my year was spent on administrivia. I thought it was higher than that; it felt like much more than half. I guess from my personal engineering perspective which only values making new things, I truly begrudge the time spent just talking about making new things.
I shouldn't beat myself up so much. The team performed quite well. We hit our marks this year and the fact of the matter is that this was no accident.
The one that hurts the most is seeing that I lost six man weeks to Twitter and Hacker News. Sure most of that time was after hours and weekends, but I don't think the value was there to justify such a commitment. So in September I shut it off, and invested that time in learning JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, and other HTML5 items. Perhaps the time spent on Hacker News was marginally productive in that is did shape the way I view the software world, and for the better. I left the site once I started seeing the patterns of the discussions; the climb to the top of the Hacker News learning curve is steep, but it does plateau nicely. For me it's now an echo chamber where the next generation of entrepreneurs go to learn. I've moved to the next stage.
Degrees of Separation
Degrees of Separation
Look, I feel tired of telling you all this, but Mouse Hover and Mouse Over was deprecated in 2008. Five years later and you are still designing with this interaction, and you're doing it wrong. Stop. Clean out your desk. Go home and rethink your life.
A lesson that continues to elude many HMI designers: Touch is King.
It all starts with the Mouse. Our legacy of computer interfaces and the people currently in HMI decision making positions solved the Mouse user interface so thoroughly that now all HMI designs look like mouse designs. And the worst offenders are Hover and Mouse Over. If you find yourself using that kit in the 21st century, stop. Just stop.
The mouse for the longest time felt like an intuitive interface control. You move a little hand sized object on your desk and the pointer on the screen updates to match the movement. We reduced the latency so that they two things appear to be in perfect synchronization and that made the learning curve small. As the learning curve shrinks, and the intuitiveness increases. People get it. Move your pointer by moving the mouse. So, we have something close to 30 years of the Mouse as the gold standard for the most intuitive HMI. It's no wonder that all of our design schools, our ways of thinking, and our default software layouts are rooted by this Mouse legacy.
Then came Touch.
Many people don't fully understand why they love their iPhone. Some think it's the apps, some think the build quality, some the industrial design. But Love is an emotion that comes from the direct connection to the device. A connection that only touch provides. We no longer have the mouse pointer as an avatar for ourselves within the computer, instead the computer and the person are directly connecting in the most sensual way. I touch it, it understands me. It's Love.
It's the removal of that last degree of separation that makes Touch the ultimate HMI.
I acquired my insight by building the best example of the worst HMI possible. The most evil and tortuous HMI design ever created is the On Screen Keyboard (OSK) being controlled by a 4 way infrared remote control. I spent weeks on a system like this. I studied OSK layouts to optimize for the fewest 4 way button presses. I wrote simulation software to empirically test new layouts. I simulated typing out the English dictionary, password rainbow tables, and other sample text likely to pass through the OSK. The goal was to make the OSK not suck and I failed. What I learned is that it is impossible to make the OSK not suck.
We've all done it, and we all hate it: typing in a long WIFI password into the "Smart TV" using only the remote control: first of all we have a blinking cursor in the text field. That is our first avatar. Then the OSK pops up and we have a focus highlight covering the character that would be sent to our first avatar if we press select on the remote. The focus highlight is the second avatar, and it controls the first. We control the second with only up/down/left/right. That's two degrees of separation keeping our intentions away from the machine we want to control.
No one can ever love through a proxy, and the reason we hate onscreen keyboards on the TV is because it requires us to love through TWO proxies.
Let's look at that Mouse again. When you map hand movements to a pointer on the screen, you've added one degree of separation and the love for the machine is lost. It's like poking at your screen with a long stick.
Consider those touch interfaces again with the degrees of separation frame of reference: When nothing separates you from the machine you feel connected to it and that connection is pure and real. There are no proxy stand-ins. No avatars projected onto the machine. Just a direct connection between the human and the machine. It's Love.
Dead Man Switch
Dead Man Switch
A morbid topic but still an important consideration: What happens to your digital assets when you die?
The Dead Man's Switch for software has not really appealed to me. The reason I hesitate to build one is I fear that it will go off before I die through some accident or neglect on my part. So, I operate without one... for now.
The critical problem that needs solving revolves around passwords. How should you pass on the keys to the digital kingdom when you yourself pass on? The simple form of a software dead man switch detects your death through a time delay based on system inactivity. When the timer goes off, your passwords transfer to the next of kin. I've worked in software long enough to know that this solution will have bugs and the false reporting of my death will result in unexpected password transfers...
Enter Team Password Manager. A nifty little bit of software that allows for group sharing of passwords. The existence of this tool makes me wonder why we need to wait for the unfortunate end to trigger the sharing of our secrets. If the legacy can be trusted to one individual upon your death, then if you choose wisely, you should be able to trust them with your secrets while you live. With the passwords, any skilled individual could retrieve or continue to operate the electronic legacy.
A new idea worth exploring further: Sharing these secrets early could enable new modes of collaboration that our systems prohibit today.
Vapour Locked
Vapour Locked
A lesson: You can't cheat your way up a learning curve.
I bought a simple theme for a throw away website that turned into a fun side project. With new requirements coming in, and a complete and utter lack of understanding of how the theme works, I found myself stuck.
Two weeks later my struggle to avoid learning jquery and bootstrap have produced nothing of value. A heartfelt sigh, capitulation, and acceptance now has me climbing that slow ramp back into productivity. (jquery and bootstrap are properly good BTW) I'm more impressed with both as I dig in, and thus I'm forced to admit that my initial resistance has cost me two weeks. I could have jumped in enthusiastically, but instead I dug in with both heels and refused to budge... Hopefully this lesson wont be lost on me, and the next time I'm forced to explore new tech and I will do so with an open mind.
(I'm staring at you Coffee Script and only slight glancing at you Ruby)
Back to the drawing board
Back to the drawing board
I've neglected my drawing practice for almost two months in favor of other tasks. (above: the happy results now that I've returned to the weekly habit) That first hippo I find both terrible and awesome at the same time. Not at all what I wanted to produce, but the comic book like features with the angry emotion seems to make it a special accident. The last one shows how a little bit of practice affects results; an almost accurate rendering of the original Dexter hippo.
Not bad for a couple hours of effort.


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I LOVE the dragon composition. Just awesome.
rumpenstiltzkin: thanks!
jorvaa: thanks!
I know I've been really neglecting this sketchbook, but here's some new stuff again.
I thought I posted here about the workshop I went to, but maybe I didn't? I didn't see a post about it now that I looked. I was at the northernlights workshop in.. may? And I got some really helpful pointers there. And got to meet some awesome artists!
Here's my workshop piece, still a wip though, and a another wip where I tried to apply what I learned. They got left to the wayside a bit after I had a bit of work to do, and a new project. I'll get back to them though.
Here's a few characters for the game hay day, out on ios now.
A piece for the art order, I probably haven't posted either.
Cool stuff for my new game project, we're participating in the SomethingAwful forums yearly gamedev challenge for July. Our game is a ballsim where the guests will be very troublesome. 20 days to go!
We're blogging the progress over at http://www.freeholdentertainment.com...ll/?page_id=59 if anyone wants to follow along, I've made quite a few posts about developing the art already.
Game getting ready! Three days to deadline, sheesh.
Game got done, and we took home double victory from both the judges and the public, which is pretty cool.
Screenshot of the final. Yes the lazyass programmer failed to add shadows under the characters.
I finished some stuff finally.
I started something as a quick halloween thing, but realized I'm probably not that good at catching the spirit of halloween. Maybe I'll do something with it anyway.
Did I mention earlier we started a new game? Here's some development stuff on it, not everything will appear in the final but it was fun. And I love spriter, it's the best program ever.
Some more character art for supercell.
Not a lot of sketches I'm sorry to say, now that the uploading is so easy maybe I'll get on and scan some stuff.
I love your colors and concepts!
The1CalledTess: thanks!
Now OBVIOUSLY everyone has participated in the selfportrait day and seen this in the thread already, but I'm posting it here just to be complete!
Also, I made page for myself on facebook! http://www.facebook.com/JHeiskaIllustration
Now I just need to figure out what to post there, judging from my sketchbook frequency it's going to have to be something besides sketches.
I had really grand ideas, but they didn't really work out. Maybe next self portrait will be awesome! Doing this in tones took me exactly as long as doing one in color would have taken, maybe even longer. Need to practice restrictive value ranges from life more.
That portrait looks wonderful, tone is so much more flattering than full color anyway mine was rushed and ended horribly.
So hey, thank you for coming by my wip thread, I appreciate your input. I remember you from the TAD portfolio critiques, you had some lovely work to show, I seem to recall John English speaking quite highly of it through the review. Learned so much from those, I wish they'd keep going with them. Also didn't know you were involved in indie development, a very late congrats on win. I'd love to get involved in an independent game project, were they contacts you made here?? Been looking for something to focus me. All the art I do is listless, meandering experimentation, a collaboration might be a really great experience.
Anyway, just wanted to check out your sketchbook and say hi ...and thanks again for the support
"All intelligence wanders; and has no rest." -Orson Scott Card
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Wretched: Thanks! Yeah John English was wonderful, I got so much out of his critique. Now I just need to work harder on applying it.
I found my indie team on the SomethingAwful forums, I just posted on the thread about the game competition and told them I was looking for a team and explained what kind of games I like to make. I got a few people interested, and picked the team that had the best idea and the best people! They were people who didn't have professional game development experience, but had done hobby projects and had a lot of other experience. We decided to regard the game competition as a tryout to see if we liked making games together, and then continue with the intent to publish if we did.
If you wanted to find people interested in making games together you could always participate in the biweekly game jams as an artist and see how you like it and if you can find some people who you work well with. If things don't work out you still get art and experience out of it, so if you got the time it can be great fun. The next bigger game competition will likely launch next summer, and there will be more complete games made for that.
I'm sure there are other similar activities on other forums and communities I don't know about. I think it's a good idea to start with a smaller contained project with people you don't know and have no experience working with, so there won't be so much disappointment if things don't work out.
And just so I won't be boring and post with no art, I'll post boring art. My attempts to study the skeleton, need more work.
That game looks pretty sweet, are you thinking about making app games?
And i'm in love with that house on the cliff, gorgeous~~~
vices: Thanks! Yeah we're mainly targeting ios and android tablets at first, while trying to make sure the game is at least theoretically compatible with phones too. We might release for computer eventually, time will tell.
Here's a sketch I will be putting paint on live at Aethercon, booth times fri noon to 3 pm EST sat 5 8 pm GMT +2 sun 5 8 pm GMT +2. You can join and watch live through the aethercon artist booth, I'm at booth 3.
Rahhh nice sketchbook! And the games your helping develop are looking quiet cool form the screenshots. Hope it's a pleassure to make them! Nice personal stuff too, keep it up o___o Something I noticed about the recent portrait was the eyes were a little disproportion.
Enjoyed looking through your sketchbook! Such fun work to look at! Especially your game art =)
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Alex Eh: Thanks! You're so right about the eyes, I hate it when I still make stupid mistakes like those. I love doing my game stuff, there's nothing like totally hands off approach to graphics from the rest of the team!
Wingal: Thanks! Lots more game art to come!
So my streaming happened, and I managed to get pretty far into the sketch in the three hours, though I'm sure I wasn't exactly a brilliant speaker. This is where my sketch is now, with about 15 mins of adjustments after the end of the stream. You can still catch the stream in my youtube account if anyone actually wants to watch through 3 hours of painting. http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiNM...g?feature=mhee A new stream will start pretty soon too, if anyone wants to watch, this time I'll try to speak more clearly I promise! I think I'll continue on the sketch, or talk about my game stuff, nobody present seemed interested in tiling last night.
you have a great style and you have the colors to back it up! great stuff , keep it up!
Your skeleton studies from post #218 are really nice, I think I'll be doing a few myself.
Nice sketchbook overall so far, i enjoy browsing it.
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kevin_: thanks!
BlackDelphin: Thanks, I'll try and fit in more studies into my schedule too!
Last day of streaming!
Today I'll be talking about making art assets for mobile games, since I am lazy and I have some assets that need doing. In honor of that here's a few animations I've finished with Spriter, and also an update on the painting I was doing yesterday. The animations run a bit fast on the browser, as I can't exactly make the timings match with the actual animations in Spriter.
Stream on will start on youtube at 10 am EST / 5 pm GMT +2
such an enjoyable skethbook, and an amazing progression of talent, keep on posting i really like your ideas and storytelling
my sketchbook! Drawing like a maniac!!
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lionheartGFX: Thanks!
Here's some progress on the con sketch, I'm working hard to actually bring it to some kind of finish because I like it. Ended up completely redoing the background.
Oh cool, I've done the SA gamedev challenge before too! I wasn't able to find the time last summer, but I worked on "citizen's inc" the summer before and "you can't evolve" and "you have no arms" the year before (the latter one actually won iirc). It's a lot of fun! I'll have to try out spriter if I participate next year, I did all my spriting in PS and it was a bit of a pain.
Anyway I really admire your grasp of light and color (and your studio space :p )
humboldt squid: Thanks! This year was the first year I checked out the gamedev, but I did play a bit of "You have no arms" as I went through the previous years! It was such great fun to take part, but took a huge time commitment! I think your admiration of my studio space might be misplaced, here in the city it's tiny!
Here's finally the finish from the picture started on the streams! I did a fun thing where I printed it out, scrippled pencil all over it and then scanned it back in ans used it as texture. I actually really like the effect.
I really like the colors in the last one, but i'm not sure about her arm and shoulder...even for a snake like creature they look as they are bent too much.
Overall, it's really cool to see your works!
Keep up with the great job! And keep posting great art.
Open for commissions......just PM me.
Fallenangel: I think I can see what you mean about the shoulder, it is quite bendy. I'm not sure about the arm though, the pose there seems quite achievable to me even for a quite unbendy person. Maybe you can elaborate?
Here's some animations for our first boss thing, I find him horribly cute. He's a mash up of slime monsters that appear before the player gets to him. And he has eaten a mushroom. Animation timings are slightly off again etc.
After seeing your work, I totally get what you mean by getting the colors right. Very inspiring stuff!
LeaderOfZombies: Great!
I started a new portfolio piece, based on the novel Sixty-eight Rooms. Still very messy.
Christmas crafting! I may not be able to have a real Christmas tree, but nothing will stop me from having plenty of small ones! I still need to figure out how I'm gonna glue everything together.
Open for commissions......just PM me.
I haven't been around for a bit, but here's some random stuff I did last year:


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